Female Piety in Puritan New England : The Emergence of Religious Humanism Hardback
by Amanda (Associate Professor of Religion, Associate Professor of Religion, Syracuse Univ Porterfield
Part of the Religion in America series
Hardback
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Amanda Porterfield documents the claim that for Puritan men and women alike the ideals of selfhood were conveyed by female images.
Constructed largely by men, Porterfield argues, these female images taught self-control, shaped pious ideals, and also established the standards against which the moral character of actual women was measured.
Porterfield's work reflects a synthesis of literary critical and historical methods, combining analysis of Puritan theological writings with detailed examinations of historical records of changing patterns of church membership and domestic life.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:218 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:06/02/1992
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- ISBN:9780195068214
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:218 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:06/02/1992
- Category:
- ISBN:9780195068214
